The suspension of disbelief

I loved reading all your blogs this week. It looks as though even those of you who were not enjoying the first part of the book are finally getting wrapped up in these more recent chapters. One of the main themes of all of your blogs was this lingering disbelief, but also an almost overwhelming wish to be able to believe. It's what movies are made of, as many of you mentioned -- Back to the Future, Suspect Zero, Final Destination -- note that they all come under the genre of Science Fiction (and that they're all creative endeavours). And now here we have scientists trying to "prove" this stuff.

Many of you mentioned the topic of dreams and their 'reality'. Nick brought up the question of what happens in the Indian tribe if one of them doesn't contribute to the dream ritual (great question), and Audrey mentions not being able to remember dreams. But perhaps if we lived in a culture where the dream world was that important, then we might have a greater ability with dreaming and memory. Maybe, too, we'd only dream dreams we could share (I'm with you Alex). Interesting, too, how Nick was (coincidentally) drawn to the EMDR book which can be interpreted as "resource tapping."
Jen brought up the topic of alpha modes in children and asks whether the difference between "innocent children" and "worldly adults" might be significant. If it's about eliminating the "noise" then her suggestion is probably valid. Kids certainly aren't too perplexed about time, either. Hannah notes the difficulty in trying to stop the "noise" because it's easier to go on "auto-pilot." She also asks "who's stopping us?" from tapping into this resource. Who is? Jaime asks a similar question: "What are they trying to hide?" These are interesting things to ponder since, if these ideas are credible, then they hold a lot of power for anyone who can control them. I'll end with a quote from Jaime --" ...maybe it is the acceptance of not knowing, that makes a wiser person."
Nicely done everyone. I look forward to next week's read.